| 22 Sept. | Prof. Kevin Jones – Physics Dept. Chair, Williams College Title: “Photoassociation: when atoms go bump in the light” |
| 29 Sept. | Prof. Christopher Monroe – University of Michigan Title: “Quantum Computing and Individual Atoms” |
| 13 Oct. | Dr. Douglas Martin – Brandeis University Title: “Structure and function of kinesin: a fluorescent look at a molecular motor” [abstract] |
| 20 Oct. | Brian Gerke ’99- University of California, Berkeley Title: “Nearly Normal Galaxies in a Preposterous Universe” [abstract] |
| 27 Oct. | Dr. Elizabeth Juarros – University of Connecticut Title: “Polar Molecules in the Ultracold Realm” [abstract] |
| 3 Nov. | Dr. Ana Jofre – National Institute of Standards and Technology Title: “HYDROSOMES: Optically trapped femtoliter containers for single molecule studies” [abstract] |
| 10 Nov. | Prof. Andrew Skinner ’92 – Skidmore College Title: “A Chain-Boson Model for the Decoherence of Coupled SQUIDS” |
| 14 Nov. | Brant Nelson ’87 – Formerly, Spitzer Space Center, Caltech Title: “Thermal Dust Reverberation in Active Galactic Nuclei: What is Markarian 335 Doing This Week?” |
| 17 Nov. | Prof. Prof. Ioana Niculescu – James Madison University Title: “Large Bjorken x: Convergence Point for High and Medium Energy Physics” [abstract] |
| 1 Dec. | Dr. Noel Goddard – Harvard University Title: “Why This Genetic Code?” |
| 25 Jan. | Thesis Students Progress Reports – 2:00pm-Brian Munroe, 2:20pm – Toby Schneider, 2:40pm – Megan Bruck, 3:00pm – Arjun Sharma, 3:20pm – Break, 3:40pm – Owen Simpson, 4:00pm – Jared Strait, 4:20pm – Daniel Sussman, 4:40pm – Alexei Zaliznyak |
| 2 Feb. | David Park, Webster Atwell-Class of 1921 Professor of Physics, Emeritus – Williams College Title: “Complex-valued Probability?” |
| 2 March | Prof. Dayle Smith – Whitman College Title: “Modeling electron transfer properties of metalloproteins” |
| 9 March | Prof. David Weiss – Pennsylvania State University Title: “How to and why make a one-dimensional gas” [abstract] |
| 15 March (Thursday) | Prof. Ward Lopes – Mt. Holyoke College Title: “The development of order in ultra-thin PS-PMMA diblock copolymer films” [abstract] |
| 6 April | Prof. Peter Collings – Swarthmore College Title: “Chromonic Liquid Crystals: A New form of Soft Matter” [abstract] |
| 13 April | Ginel Hill ’00 – Stanford University Title: “Investigating gecko adhesion with a MEMS 2-axis force sensor” |
| 20 April | Heidi Hammel – Planetary Sciences Institute Title: “Uranus and Neptune: Hot Studies of Ice Giants” |
| 27 April | Judy Karpen – Naval Research Lab Title: “The Sun through new glasses: what’s hot in solar physics” [abstract] |
| 3 May | Eugene Matranga – former NASA Engineer Title: “X-15 and Apollo: the role of engineering in space exploration” – Time: 4:00 pm |
| 14 May | Final Thesis talks |